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North Shore school has 140 students - 8% of its roll - in coronavirus quarantine

January 31, 2020
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A school on Auckland’s North Shore has eight per cent of its roll - 140 students - and a teacher in quarantine as a result of coronavirus.

Kristin School sent an email to parents saying the students and teacher would return to school when their 14-day quarantine period comes to an end.

1 NEWS understands a number of other schools in the region have a similar number of students in quarantine.

No one in NZ fulfils the definition of a suspected case, says director-general of health and chief executive Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

The virus originated in Wuhan, China with many people dead and thousands infected.

Last week, a number of schools ordered that students did not come to school if they had spent time in China over the holidays.

Those orders were made despite Education NZ issuing a statement saying schools didn't need to be concerned about the outbreak.

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